16 May 2020
The second instalment in our National Volunteer Week Broadcasts features Josephine Cafagna and Craig Foster, former Socceroo Captain and architect of the #PlayforLives campaign Please join us for this special live musical and storytelling event hosted by Clare Bowditch and Jamila Rizvi to celebrate volunteers across Australia. Help us celebrate volunteering and share what...
30 March 2020
Resources are available for everyone to use leading up to and during NVW. We encourage all volunteer involving organisations to proudly promote the upcoming celebrations and use the resources widely to help increase the awareness of the vital role volunteers play in our lives. Please right click and choose Save Image as… to download and...
16 February 2020
Help us recognise amazing volunteers across NSW! If you’re digitally savvy you can help us spread the word by using our hashtag – #NSWVolunteerAwards – and using any of the social media images below. There are also three banners available for email/newsletter use. Just right click and save the images. You can also help us...
26 November 2019
With the current fire situation in NSW, natural disasters can be difficult events for families to navigate, particularly when there are children involved. The Community Trauma Toolkit, from Emerging Minds, contains resources to help and support adults and children before, during, and after a disaster or traumatic event. It will help you understand some of...
6 November 2019
A toolbox that empowers organisations to evaluate their social impact in a way that is reliable, accessible & free! When it comes to evaluating social impact only a minority of organisations in Australia are currently equipped to meet the expectations of funders and other stakeholders. UTS Business School and Community Sector Banking have released a...
22 October 2019
Stronger protections are now available to households having trouble paying their energy bills. The Australian Energy Regulator has taken action to assist vulnerable customers experiencing payment difficulties by introducing an enforceable Customer Hardship Policy Guideline. Energy retailers have important responsibilities in helping vulnerable customers. The Guideline requires energy retailers to provide consistent minimum standards of...
2 October 2019
This report looks at how young people’s participation in voluntary work in Queensland can be increased. This report has been published by the Queensland Family and Child Commission (QFCC). The report highlights the benefits of young people’s participation in volunteering and considers how the barriers to more widespread participation could be addressed. In particular, it...
7 August 2019
The Centre for Volunteering recognises that its’ work and advocacy encompasses international goals in relation to Social Responsibility including the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Centre for Volunteering (The Centre) has a number of functions which operate to provide information, education, capacity building, and enhancing social capital for individual volunteers, corporate partners, Volunteering Involving...
30 July 2019
Latest Figures Reveal Corporate Donations Rising Australian companies are becoming more generous with the new GivingLarge Report revealing investment in community causes has jumped with corporate donations rising by 11 per cent. A comprehensive financial analysis of Australia’s top companies found $945 million was invested into philanthropic efforts in 2018 from our top 50 givers...
21 July 2019
Volunteering Australia, Australia’s volunteering peak body and LBG (London Benchmarking Group), managed by Corporate Citizenship, have today launched ‘Corporate Volunteering in Australia: a snapshot’. This paper pulls together data collected through Corporate Citizenship’s LBG framework that has tracked corporate community participation and value in Australia since 2006. In addition to highlighting the many benefits of...
21 July 2019
Along with the new Charter of Aged Care Rights which comes into force on July 1, there will also be new Aged Care Quality Standards. There are eight main areas which are shown in the graphic below. The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission has produced resources for both providers and ‘consumers’ to help people...
13 June 2019
Some charities will be affected by upcoming reforms to whistleblower protection laws in Australia. Will you be impacted by the upcoming changes? From 1 July 2019, the whistleblower protections in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) will be expanded. It will provide greater protections for whistleblowers who report misconduct about companies and company officers. The reforms,...